<p>I recently heard from someone that Syracuse has one of the highest rape rates in the country. I was interested in the school, but now I’m a little concerned. Does anyone know the validity of this?</p>
<p>wha…</p>
<p>Complete bunk. First, I don’t believe you actually “heard” that. Second, if you stopped to think about it for a minute, you would ask a number of important questions like, who actually compiles and reports these statistics, why Syracuse, Says who, how reliable is the data, etc. Same message is going around many many schools saying that school has the highest suicide rate. Please, if you aren’t smart enough to thinnk through these issues on your own you probably shouldn’t be going to Syracuse. And if you are posting this junk just because you are bored, shame on you.</p>
<p>There actually are statistics that show how much rapes, thefts, etc there are at each school. I can’t find the site, but it’s out there. I think the federal government compiles the data.</p>
<p>Why answer the person so rudely! It is a decent question for cheerio to ask if they have heard it. Anyone should question safety as well as financial aid, dorms etc etc. The person came here to ask a question on her(?) mind just like any other question and shouldn’t be shot down like that. Someone tell the person where to research these stats if they know where. My guess is the university (any university by the way) under reports these things. Cheerio I think you are smart to ask about safety issues and if it isn’t true then someone may steer you here in the right direction and with something to help you fact or fiction.</p>
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<p>girl whaaaat is your effing problem. shes ASKING us. shes ASKING us everything youre saying she should have stopped and asked herself. youre dumb. i dont like u. mof. i REALLY dont like u. and i hope she doesnt come on here and see u slaughterin her for askin a question. shame on u jackass.</p>
<p>anywayz. to cheerio. where did u hear that from?</p>
<p>She is NOT asking…she is making a statement in the form of a question that has absolutely no basis in reality. I could also ask if it is true what someone told me that Syracuse is the most racist school, or is the most gay bashing school, or the most communist supporting school. those aren’t questions, they are statements. You have seen the same question about “highest suicide” school. If someone can be clear about where they heard it, what data supports it, then I will humbly apologize. But it is reckless to just throw the comments lke that out there. The proof is that all of you are accepting this as a serious question!</p>
<p>A2Wolves, if there is such a list, and I doubt it, then we should be able to clear this up very quickly, right? Anyone want to make a bet a semesters tuition on whether Syracuse is at the top of this list??</p>
<p><a href=“Campus Safety and Security”>Campus Safety and Security;
<p>You can type in any school you want and find their safety statistics.</p>
<p>Syracuse doesn’t have statistics though, or they reported 0’s for all their categories.</p>
<p>“She is NOT asking…she is making a statement in the form of a question that has absolutely no basis in reality.”</p>
<p>Sure hoping, she’s not a decent trying to find out if a school is safe… no one would DARE try to do such a thing on a website about colleges, never.</p>
<p>You know what, I think that you’re a rapist, trying to get more and more innocent children to attend syracuse. When annyone raises the alarm, you try to play it off like they’re a fool. Shame on you rapist, shame… or you’re just a jerk, one of the two.</p>
<p>That link does have info on SU…</p>
<p>Sex offenses - Forcible 2002: 11 2003: 12 2004: 9</p>
<p>Here’s the link I used:
<a href=“Campus Safety and Security”>Campus Safety and Security;
<p>Otherwise, use <a href=“Campus Safety and Security”>Campus Safety and Security. Search on Syracuse University, then look down at the bottom of the page and click on Crimes. Should bring up the table. </p>
<p>The numbers were high when I compared them with other schools my son is considering, but they are smaller (one is in NYC though). I don’t know how they compare with similarly sized private schools or large state schools.</p>
<p>I think this is a fair question to ask. One thing that might be contributing to the “rumor” is the fact that Alice Sebold, author of “The Lovely Bones,” also wrote another best-seller, “Lucky”, a memoir in which she recounts a brutal rape she experienced while she was a freshman at Syracuse. She says that “Lovely Bones” was a result of that.</p>
<p>omg. i love lovely bones! i didnt kno alice sebold went to syracuse!!</p>
<p>so youre saying that she wrote lucky based on a rape at syracuse…or did lovely bones stem from the syracuse rape.</p>
<p>Well thanks so much to PMcMScot and A2wolves6 for giving us the links for the schools. I"m going to check this site out.</p>
<p>Now poor Cheerio you can get a decided answer and come back and visit sometime. See how helpful these people can be.</p>
<p>I was looking through the stats and RIT, a similarly sized school in NY, had more forced sex offences last year, and cornell was close.</p>
<p>Melo,
“Lucky” is her memoir about the rape.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link. That is helpful. It also makes you wonder how someone might have “heard” that Syracuse was the worst school for rapes.</p>
<p>I have no problem at all with people asking questions about a schools safety. An appropriate question would be, “Hey, does anyone have any information on whether Syracuse is a safe school to attend” or, “Does anyone know of the Syracuse safety statistics?” All very legitimate questions and concerns. But when someone states a fact, without citing a source or giving any basis for it, and then asks for others to confirm or deny it, it is a clever way of “pushing” the information on to you. For instance, “I heard that the President of XYZ University is leaving for a better job, is that true?” That “question” is intended to put the thought into your head. Alternatively, “I heard that Mr. Doe has finally stopped beating his wife, has anyone else heard that too?” The question pushes the thought onto you.</p>
<p>How many of you have heard it in this context: " I have heard that XYZ school has the highest suicide rate in the country." Check the threads here and you will find that “question” asked at dozens of schools. You can choose to believe or not, my point is simply to be a discerning reader, and recognize true questions looking for real answers from the “push” type that make an accusation without revealing the source or any basis for the statement.</p>
<p>ok well we’ll tell her to word her question right next time. so u wont think shes forcing stuff into our head. <em>rolls eyes</em></p>
<p>i ask all my questions like that. its just how people ask questions.</p>
<p>Point made Hoping18. Gotta notice though that she is a Newbie with 7 posts so maybe she didn’t get think it out quite to that extent. We were all new at this game at one time and with all the factors we consider in this process and all the info smackin at us we just sometimes don’t word it right. I remember how many people were telling me think about this aspect and that aspect and then the next person said this and I had to remind myself to FOCUS - real deal here. Money, major, safety, students, distance etc.etc. So I guess that I decided that if this stuff has to be so bloody confusing and stressful - tread lightly and tune in and out. That only came with time searching and “gettin it”.</p>
<p>From what I gathered, the OP heard something horrible about Syracuse from someone to whom she mentioned her interest in the school; she became worried and came here to ask where she can find such information, or find someone who can find it better than she… hows that for a probable situation?</p>
<p>she aint even been back to get her answer</p>
<p>Yargg you got it right and melosyracuse - I bet the she got scared off. Now get to class melosyracuse— ha ha</p>